Deb Norton Tech

Here are a few good sites I came across while exploring ICTmagic's Scoop.it by Martin Burrett.    ICTmagic's Wiki is something I have mentioned before.   I hope these sites are useful to you and your students. #1 - Dino Dig Play the part of an archaeologist and dig for dinosaurs using coordinate points. #2 - Triangle Interactives Move any angle and see how the triangles change.   #3 - GeoCube A super neat interactive site for exploring the environment including natural disasters and global warming.   #4 - The Food Chain Game A fun way to learn and practice the food chain. I love following ICTmagic on Scoop.it and I am so appreciative of all that he shares with us!

This past week I've been working hard to update my professional ePortfolio.  I first made this ePortfolio two years ago and it amazes me how many of my pages were out of date in such a short time.  I feel it is my obligation to keep my portfolio current since it took a lot of time to start it up.  Another bonus is that it gives me a great reflection on all that I have accomplished as an educator over the past two years.  If I do say so myself, I have integrated some really impressive technology into our classroom.  My portfolio centers around the ten Wisconsin Educator Standards and is based on technology, since that is where my passion lies.   I would like to share my ePortfolio with all of you in hopes that perhaps you will start one of your own.  My ePortfolio is in the format of a wiki.  Other options might be a Prezi, Google Site, Google Presentation, video, blog or even a three ring binder. Click here to view my ePortfolio. Ev...

  Have you ever used a Wiki?  I have been using a Wiki with our students for several years now.  We use the wiki for bell work and to display some videos and projects our students created.   Click here to start your own wiki.     Click here to see our classroom wiki. Recently I discovered a wiki that describes a whole bunch of tricks for doing some cool things on a wiki.  There are a lot of things explained on this wiki that I never knew were possible.  Click here to check it out. Here are the reasons I like using a wiki: It is easy to embed and add video, audio, and animation to a wiki Wikis are easy to change on a daily basis There are a lot of educational wikis that have great resources for education One of my favorite educational wikis is ITC Magic .   I highly recommend giving wikis a try!